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Summary

Mid 17th century house with well-preserved plan form and the unusual existence of plank-and-muntin screens on the 1st floor

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1104591: COBB COTTAGE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/79
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 90866

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1988, Dolton, 47 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV598.

Cobb Cottage.
House. Mid C17 with circa early C18 addition. Rendered cob walls. Gable ended thatch roof. Brick axial stack to wing, projecting rear lateral stack of rendered rubble with brick shaft.
Plan: originally 2-room plan with small unheated dairy at centre which has entrance lobby in front of it. The left-hand room is also unheated; the larger right-hand room is heated by a rear lateral fireplace with an adjoining straight-run staircase in rectangular projection. Wing added at front of left-hand room in C18 with kitchen and unheated room beyond it which may have been of non-domestic use and has no room above.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front of mid-late C20 large 2-light diamond leaded pane casements. C20 part-glazed door to their left. The wing projects beyond it with a small outbuilding projecting from its inner face. At rear is integral rectangular projection for lateral stack and stairs.
Interior: right-hand room has chamfered cross beam and fireplace with chamfered and ogee-stopped wooden lintel which has had modern grate inserted. C18 built-in curved shelves with fielded panel doors to cupboard below. Forming a passage on the 1st floor is an original chamfered plank-and-muntin screen which extends at right angles to form the partition to the end bedroom. Visible on the 1st floor are the feet of substantial straight principal rafters with threaded or trenched purlins - these are probably also C17 but lack of access to roof space prevents a fuller inspection. Despite the insertion of modern windows this house retains a considerable amount of interest in its well-preserved plan form and the unusual existence of plank-and-muntin screens on the 1st floor.

Percival, S. J., 2010, Cobb Cottage, Fore Street, Dolton, Devon (Plan - measured). SDV355516.

Percival, S. J., 2011, Statement of Justification for Cobb Cottage, Dolton, Devon (Un-published). SDV355514.

Cobb Cottage was built approximately 400 years ago, with walls of rendered cobb and rubble-stone with a thatched roof. The building avoided serious damage during the period of private home improvements during the latter part of the 20th century, but has been allowed to decay over the past 30 years. The intention is to repair and conserve what has survived with the minimum loss of original material.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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